Comments on: Laverda SFC Replica

By: Aerion

Aerion — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:35:00 +0000

Does anyone have some information on those rear shocks? They appear to have internal springs and are different from those with which the bike is pictured racing.

By: Mingh

Mingh — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:35:22 +0000

what Jim said
Let’s hope that Piaggio never tries to revive them. And do a benelli or -god forbid- a ‘modern classic’ like them fake bonnies, sport 1000 or fake V7 sport.
I love them. They seem so true and purposeful. When I first saw a 750 SF2 on the street, i was smitten. And i hope to be in the market for one soon. Trying to make up my mind between a gorgeous SF or a rogue Jota. If only they had kickstarters…..

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:39:30 +0000

Laverda’s were wonderful machines and MCing is lessened by its demise. But it makes no sense for Piaggio to bring it back. The development and marketing costs would never be recovered in the current market. If built the bike would end up being priced like an MV Augusta, then we’d all whine about how much it cost.

By: macfly

macfly — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:44:01 +0000

Growing up in London, UK I’ve had many Laverdas. First love is always the deepest, and they are still my favorite all time bikes. I always wanted to try a 750 SFC, but never had the chance to try one. They are such elegantly beautiful bikes, thank you for posting this one.
Sadly the difficulty of keeping and running one in California, where know one knows what they, keeps me from buying another now I live so far from the UK, where they were always popular cult bikes.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:36:59 +0000

Gorgeous, I’d love to race something like this.

By: r

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:29:37 +0000

I almost bought an original ’82 1100 Katana from a guy in rural Canada back in the late 80′s. I was just a teenager and was amazed at the Suzuki. He told me to come back the following week to see what he needed the money for.
The next week he opened his garage door to unveil this great orange beast. He was probably 6’4″ so when he threw a leg over it looked like a grown up throwing a leg over a kid’s Schwinn. I’ll never forget him starting it and watching it vibrate back and forth across the garage floor on the stand.
I only ever knew of one more in Canada, that I saw in the back page of Cycle Canada. The sand cast cylinders, the engine, everything on the bike was gorgeous and was to me, mobile art.